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I also live alone but have yet to see any tips on how to clean the keyboards from both my laptop and desktop as well as my smartphone, so any suggestions would be most welcomed.
TIA.
Check with Office Depot for keyboard covers. These are soft materials that can be removed for cleaning.
I also live alone but have yet to see any tips on how to clean the keyboards from both my laptop and desktop as well as my smartphone, so any suggestions would be most welcomed.
TIA.
Why not just wash your hands before using your keyboards? Or after?? Do you take them outside? I don't really bother cleaning mine - other than when needed for dust.
I also live alone but have yet to see any tips on how to clean the keyboards from both my laptop and desktop as well as my smartphone, so any suggestions would be most welcomed.
TIA.
Glass cleaner..non ammonia type. Wet a paper towel with it and then use your finger (wrap paper towel around finger) to clean each key.
I have a Mac with a white keyboard and white keys. So dirt and oils show up pretty regularly even with clean hands.
I live alone. After cleaning cabinet tops, the stove top, the microwave, the refrigerator handles, light switches, sinks and toilets, and my computer keyboard with Pinesol, it dawned on me that other things I touch a lot are the on/off switch on my computer monitor, the TV remote control, the knobs on my cabinets, the dishwasher door and the lamps' light switches.
Also, any reusable cloths or sponges, I put in the dishwasher top tray but I've always done that.
Any tips for other things in a house/apartment/trailer that we don't think about but touch a lot? I'm guessing those of you with second floors have banisters to clean but what about what you and your family, the delivery people and your mailman touch to go up the steps on the outside of your home?
Also, if you are like me you drink soda/iced tea/water (beer?) from cans and bottles. I wash and wipe off the top of the can but I sometimes recap bottles. What do you do? I always have 18oz Solo cups in the house. I suppose that would be better.
The virus bacteria are gone in 24 hours, is what I heard from one of the doctors on tv. So disinfect what you touch when you come home, and you're good to go. No need to continue disinfecting things you haven't touched after going out.
Of course, those bacteria may not be gone in 24 hrs, as he said. They changed the info on those masks.
Tip? Remove all your clothing at the front door, toss it in the washing machine, and go straight into the shower. Don't touch anything along the way so the washing machine and bathroom need to be ready to go when you leave the house. You don't need to decontaminate your house if it doesn't get contaminated in the first place.
I live alone. After cleaning cabinet tops, the stove top, the microwave, the refrigerator handles, light switches, sinks and toilets, and my computer keyboard with Pinesol, it dawned on me that other things I touch a lot are the on/off switch on my computer monitor, the TV remote control, the knobs on my cabinets, the dishwasher door and the lamps' light switches.
Also, any reusable cloths or sponges, I put in the dishwasher top tray but I've always done that.
Any tips for other things in a house/apartment/trailer that we don't think about but touch a lot? I'm guessing those of you with second floors have banisters to clean but what about what you and your family, the delivery people and your mailman touch to go up the steps on the outside of your home?
Also, if you are like me you drink soda/iced tea/water (beer?) from cans and bottles. I wash and wipe off the top of the can but I sometimes recap bottles. What do you do? I always have 18oz Solo cups in the house. I suppose that would be better.
If the virus is indeed on your clothes its probably also in your car. You could take your clothes off (while wearing a mask) and put them in the dryer on high heat for about 30 minutes. In a perfect world we would have a clothes dryer in our garages and put every thing in it before we enter our homes. I get my mail with vinyl gloves and the junk mail doesn't come into the house.
Hospital infection control testing seems to be inconclusive as to which cleaners work best. However they believe that frequency has a bigger impact on disinfection than the particular cleaning solution. The list of cleaners put out by the EPA is over 300 products, practically everything kills this virus. Beware of products that used the word "sanitize" that word is there because the EPA made them put it there. These products do not "disinfect."
Microfiber and a bucket of soapy water will kill this virus. Microfiber does what it says it does and that is it will pick up microscopic particles and release them when you rinse the clothes off. You could use a two bucket method by rinsing the cloth in hot water before dipping it in your cleaning solution but the soapy water will kill any virus released in the solution.
Janitorial supply stores will sell hospital grade cleaning products. These products kill things that are a lot more robust than a virus and come with a dilution rate as high as 1/2 once to a gallon of water. One of the newest products is an activated peroxide by Clorox that claims to have a 30 second kill rate. The electrostatic sprayers are pricey but they charge the cleaning solution so that it totally encapsulates the surface in the same way car bumpers are chromed.
For Keyboards I would use a UV light wand. They could also be used on your clothes.
https://www.greentechheat.com/coronavirus?gclid=CjwKCAjw4KD0BRBUEiwA7MFNTboHbwVd4oLDdDClttii izSsTaWExD_FHpUpOeDH9QStavOcVSYdoRoChdoQAvD_BwE As published in peer-reviewed journals available via PubMed and the US National Institute of Health, specific analysis of three major coronavirus strains found the virus was inactivated in the laboratory by minimum heat levels and exposure times: (click on any study author to be directed to the abstract on PubMed) Updated 31 March 2020
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